Neil Diamond Album

Holly holy eyes, dream of only me
Where I am, what I am
What I believe in
Holly holy

Holly holy dream
Wanting only you
And she come
And I run just like the wind will
Holly holy

Sing a song
Sing a song of songs
Sing it out, Sing it strong
Yeah! Yeah!

Call the sun in the dead of the night
And the sun gonna rise in the sky
Touch a man who can't walk upright
And that lame man, he gonna fly
And I fly, yeah, And I fly
Lyrics
Holly holy love
Take the lonely child
And the seed
Let it be full with tomorrow
Holly holy

Sing a song
Sing a song of songs
Sing it out, sing it strong
Yeah! Yeah!

Call the sun in the dead of the night
And the sun gonna rise in the sky
Touch a man who can't walk upright
And that lame man, he gonna fly
And I fly, yeah
God (And) I fly

Holly holy dream
Dream 'bout only you
Holly holy sun
Holly holy rain
Holly holy love

Hey, let me show you the street life
Hey, let me show you the finks,
The punks, the judge, the junkies
Stay close to me for a while
For a while, for a while

Say boy, you got to get street wise
Hey, little boy
You're a babe in arms
Stay out of harm's way
Wait right here with me for a while
For a while, for a while

Street life, hell in the city
You got to really watch out for that
Street life
Say, it ain't pretty
You got to know your way around
Or somehow you might get hurt
Get hurt, get hurt

LyricsSay, let me show you the night life
Say, let me show you the queens
The dudes, the class, the crudes
The folks that inhabit the night
Let me set it right

I'm gonna give you my warning
I'm gonna tell you the street's alive
The sound of jive
You've just arrived
Try it for size for a while, for a while

Street life, hell in the city
You got to really watch out for that
Street life
Say, it ain't pretty
You got to know your way around
Or somehow you might get hurt
Get hurt, get hurt

What a beautiful noise
Comin' up from the street
Got a beautiful sound
It's got a beautiful beat

It's a beautiful noise
Goin' on everywhere
Like the clickety-clack
Of a train on a track
It's got a rhytm to spare

It's a beautiful noise
And it's a sound that I love
And it fits me as well
As a hand in a glove
Yes it does, yes it does

What a beautiful noise
Comin' up from the park
It's the song of this kids
And it plays until dark

It's the song of the cars
On their furious flights
But there's even romance
In the way that they dance
To the beat of the lights

It's a beautiful noise
And it's a sound that I love
And ist makes me feel good
Like a hand in a glove
Yes it does, yes it does
What a beautiful noise

It's a beautiful noise
Made of joy and of strife
Like a symphony played
By the passing parade
It's the music of life

What a beautiful noise
Comin' into my room
And it's beggin' for me
Just to give it a tune

Love on the rocks
Ain't no surprise
Pour me a drink
And I'll tell you some lies
Got nothin' to lose
So you just sing the blues all the time

Gave you my heart
Gave you my soul
You left me alone here
With nothing to hold
Yesterday's gone
Now all I want is a smile

First, they say they want you
How they really need you
Suddenly you find you're out there
Walking in a storm
When they know they have you
Then they really have you
Nothing you can do or say
You've got to leave, just get away
We all know the song

You need what you need
You can say what you want
Not much you can do
When the feeling is gone
May be blue skies above
But it's cold when you love's on the rocks

First, they say they want you
How they really need you
Suddenly you find you're out there
Walking in a storm
When they know they have you
Then they really have you
Nothing you can do or say
You've got to leave, just get away
We all know the song

Love on the rocks
Ain't no surprise
Pour me a drink
And I'll tell you some lies
Yesterday's gone
And now all I want is a smile

She was morning
And I was night time
I one day woke up
To find her lying
Beside my bed
I softly said
"Come take me"

For I've been lonely
In need of someone
As though I'd done
Someone wrong somewhere
I don't know where
Come lately

You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the words
I am the tune
Play me

Song she sang to me
Song she brang to me
Words that rang in me
Rhyme that sprang from me
Warmed the night
And what was right
Became me

You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the words
I am the tune
Play me

And so it was
That I came to travel
Upon a road
That was thorned and narrow
Another place
Another grace
Would save me

You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the word
I am the tune
Play me

Baby loves me yes, yes she does
Oh, the girls out of sight, yeah
Says she loves me yes, yes she does
Oh, gonna show me tonight, yeah

Chorus:
Hey, she got the way to move me Cherry
(She got the way to groove me)
(She got the way to move me)
Cherry baby

Alright

Tell your Mama girl I can't stay long
We got things we gotta catch up on
Mmm, I know you know what I'm sayin
Can't stand still while the music is playin

Alright

Ain't got no right no, no you don't
Ahh, to be so exciting
Won't need bright lights no, no we won't
Oh, gonna make our own lighting

Chorus:
Hey, she got the way to move me Cherry
(She got the way to groove me) Cherry baby
(She got the way to move me) Alright
(She got the way to groove me)

No, won't tell a soul where we gone to
Girl we do whatever we want to
Ahh, I love the way that you do me
Cherry baby you really get to me

Repeat chorus to fade....

Daytime turns me off,
And I don't mean maybe
Nine to five
Ain't takin' me where I'm bound
When it's done,
I run out to see my baby
We got groovin'
When the sun goes down

I thank the Lord for the night time
To forget the day
A day of up, uptight time
Baby, chase it away
I get relaxation, it's a time to groove
I thank the Lord for the night time
I thank the Lord for you

I'll talk about plans now
Baby, I got plenty
Nothing ever seems to turn out
The way it should
LyricsTalk about money, girl,
I ain't got any
Seems like just one time
I'm feeling good

I thank the Lord for the night time
To forget the day
A day of up, uptight time
Baby, chase it away
I get relaxation, it's a time to groove
I thank the Lord for the night time
I thank the Lord for you

Seems like just one time
I'm feeling good
I thank the Lord for the night time
To forget the day
A day of up, uptight time
Baby, chase it away
I get relaxation, it's a time to groove
I thank the Lord for the night time
I thank the Lord for you
Thank the Lord for the night time
Thank the Lord for you

home before dark
before the night comes falling
the sun going down
and I can hear you calling
I followed my star
just to be where you are
but I couldn't get far
in the dark

home before dark
before the day deserts me
I looked for my truth
knowing the truth might hurt me
been traveling light
just the head of the night
and I'll be getting home right
before dark

I've been searching
can't explain
looked for reasons
but what I found in me
know for certain
things are changing
I've been changing
now I need you to be
home where I can see

home before dark
before the light escapes me
to be at your side
that's where the journey takes me
and I've been afraid
if I lost my way
then I wouldn't be save
before dark

I've got stories
I wanna tell you
you need to hear them
maybe then you'll see
that I've found them
never knowing
they were going
on inside of me
it's where I had to be

home before dark
know you'll be waiting for me
to be at your door
and talking to a fool
in the morning
been so long
the places I know
but I knew i'd get home
before dark

because of you
I get home
before dark

She wants to take it just a little bit further now,
don't let that happen cause if you let her in,
she's gonna take it away.
take anything
and what are you gonna sing?
you better be aware
don't go there
don't wanna let her play with what belongs to you
cause if you let her play with you know what
you know what she's gonna do
she's gonna take it from you
that's just what she's gonna do
I don't know where
I don't know where
ow boy she's sitting on my shoulder and telling me
the night is warm now but it might be get cold out there
and look out friend
before you finaly deside which way to go
i hope you stop and review the scenario
and how it ends
so it just can't get
i don't know where
alright
don't say i didn't warn you my friend
if you think it will last
maybe it's time to start thinking again
you're looking for love and you're thinking you've found it some
you're looking for putting it away in the bank and save it
how do you like a deodorant and cheap parfume?
you're paying a price when your heart is been misbehaving
don't go there
don't go there
you wanna play it save and make no promises
if she understands the rules of the game
it 'll maybe work out fine
but baby take your time
and don't you be unkind
if all that's clear
then don't go there
this thing is light on to take some funny turns
the only thing that you concurn is have new and take yourself
it's not like you're the one who's you is lying blank
but in the heat of things you got to apply your mind
to something else
life ain't fair
don't go there
once you're in you might not get out
hehehehehe
you're looking for love in the back of a limousine
you're looking for something that's missing inside within you
if you think you can run on the power of nicotine
they've got a new drug for your mood that will surely thrill you
don't go there
don't go there
didididididididdidi
dididididididididi
dodododo
this ain't the bible and it ain't no moral tale
if it's a lesson it's a the bible you can learn it
if it's not too late
but don't you wait
here's a tune
and listen is clear
cause don't go there
tidididididididididi
tidididididididididi
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there

Pretty amazing grace is what You showed me
pretty amazing grace is who You are
I was an empty vessel
You filled me up inside
and with amazing grace restored my pride

Pretty amazing grace is how You saved me
and with amazing grace reclaimed my heart
love in the midst of chaos
calm in the heat of war
showed with amazing grace what love was for

You forgave my insensitivity
and my attempt to then mislead You
You stood beside a wretch like me
Your pretty amazing grace was all I needed.

Stumbled inside the doorway of Your chapel
humbled in God by everything I found
beauty and love surround me
freed me from what I fear
ask for amazing grace and You appear

You overcame my loss of hope and faith
gave me a truth I could belive in
You led me to a higher place
showed Your amazing grace
when grace was what I needed

look in a mirror I see Your reflection
open a book You live on every page
I fall and You're there to lift me
share every road I climb
and with amazing grace You ease my mind

Came to You with empty pockets first
when I returned I was rich man
didn't believe love could quench my thirst
but with amazing grace You showed me that it can

In Your amazing grace I had a vision
from that amazing place I came to be
into the night I wandered
wandering aimlessly
found Your amazing grace to comfort me.

pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing

You overcame my loss of hope and faith,
gave me a truth I could believe in.
You led me to that higher place
showed me that love and truth and hope and grace were all I needed.

Mmmmmmmm
I got a song been on my mind
And the tune can be sung
And the words all rhyme
Deedle-ee deet deet deet deet
Deet deet deedle dee doo

Though it don't say much
And it won't offend
If you sing it at school
They're liable to send you home
Never knowin' what you're showin'
Think you're growin' your own tea
Good Lordy

Let me hear that get me near that
Crunchy Granola Suite
Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin'
Crunchy granola's neat
Sing it out
Alright
LyricsDa da da da
Da da da da da
Dee dee dee dum

I know a man was outta touch
And he'd hide in a house
And he didn't say much
Deedle-ee deet deet deet deet
Deet deet deedle dee doo

And like a man
With a tiger outside his gate
He not only couldn't relax
But he couldn't relate
Now he can, family man
Tried my brand
Dig

Let me hear that get me near that
Crunchy Granola Suite
Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin'
Crunchy granola's neat
Sing it out
Alright
Da da da da
Da da da da da
Dee dee dee do
Deedle-ee dum dum
I'll have a double please

Jesus Christ, Fanny Brice
Wolfie Mozart and Humphrey Bogart
And Genghis Khan
And on to H. G. Wells

Ho Chi Minh, Gunga Din
Henry Luce and John Wilkes Booth
And Alexanders King and Graham Bell

Ramar Krishna, Mama Whistler
Patrice Lumumba and Russ Colombo
Karl and Chico Marx
Albert Camus,

E. A. Poe, Henri Rousseau
Sholom Aleichem and Caryl Chessman
Alan Freed and Buster Keaton too

And each one there
Has one thing shared
They have sweated beneath the same sun
Looked up in wonder at the same moon
And wept when it was all done
For bein' done too soon
For bein' done too soon
For bein' done

If I close my eyes
I can almost hear my mother
Callin Neil go find your brother
Daddy's home and it's time for supper hurry on

And I see two boys
Racin up two flights of staircase
Squirming into papa's embrace
And his whiskers warm on their face
Where's it gone
Oh where's it gone

Two floors above the butcher
First door on the right
Life filled to the brim
As I stood by my window and looked out on those
Brooklyn Roads

I can still recall
Smells of cookin in the hallway
Rubbers drying in the doorways
And report cards I was always
Afraid to show

Mama'd come to school
And as I'd sit there softly crying
Teacher'd say he's just not trying
Got a good head if he'd apply it
But you know your self
It's always somewhere else

I built me a castle
With dragons and kings
I'd ride off with them
As I stood by my window
And looked out on those
Brooklyn Roads

Thought of going back
But all I'd see are stranger's faces
And all the scars that love erases
But as my mind walks through those places
I'm wonderin'
What's come of them

Does some other young boy
Come home to my room
Does he dreamed what I did
As he stands by my window
And looks out on those
Brooklyn Roads

L.A.'s fine, the sun shines most the time
And the feeling is "lay back"
Palm trees grow and rents are low
But you know I keep thinkin' about
Making my way back

Well I'm New York City born and raised
But nowadays,
I'm lost between two shores
L.A.'s fine, but it ain't home
New York's home,
But it ain't mine no more

"I am"... I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair

"I am"... I cried "I am"... said I
And I am lost and I can't
Even say why
LyricsLeavin' me lonely still

Did you ever read about a frog
Who dreamed of bein' a king
And then became one
Well except for the names
And a few other changes
If you talk about me
The story's the same one

But I got an emptiness deep inside
And I've tried
But it won't let me go
And I'm not a man who likes to swear
But I never cared
For the sound of being alone

"I am"... I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair
"I am"... I cried
"I am"... said I
And I am lost and I can't
Even say why
"I am"... I said
"I am"... I cried
"I am"... I said

Melinda was mine
'Til the time
That I found her
Holding Jim
And lovin' Him

Then Sue came along
Loved me strong
That's what I thought
Well me and Sue
That died, too

Don't know that I will
But until I can find me
A girl who'll stay
And won't play games behind me
I'll be what I am
A solitary man
Solitary man

I've had it to here
Bein' where
Love's a small word
Part-time thing
Paper ring

I know it's been done
Havin' one
Girl who loves you
Right or wrong
Weak or strong

Don't know that I will
But until I can find me
A girl who'll stay
And won't play games behind me
I'll be what I am
A solitary man
Solitary man

Don't know that I will
But until I can find me
A girl who'll stay
And won't play games behind me
I'll be what I am
A solitary man
Solitary man
Solitary man

Kentucky woman
She shines with her own kind of light
She'd look at you once
And a day that's all wrong looks all right
And I love her, God knows, I love her

Kentucky woman
If she get to know you,
She goin' to own you
Kentucky woman

Well, she ain't the kind makes heads turn
At the drop of her name
But something inside that she's got
Turns you on just the same
And she loves me,
God knows, she loves me

Kentucky woman
If she get to know you,
She goin' to own you
LyricsKentucky woman

I don't want much
The good Lord's earth beneath my feet
A gentle touch
From that one girl,
And life is sweet and good
Ain't no doubt, I'm talkin' about ....

Kentucky woman
If she get to know you,
She goin' to own you
Kentucky woman

I don't want much
The good Lord's earth beneath my feet
A gentle touch
From that one girl,
And life is sweet and good
Ain't no doubt
I'm talkin' about Kentucky woman
If she get to know you,
She goin' to own you
Kentucky woman
Kentucky Woman
Kentucky Woman

Money talks
But it don't sing and dance
And it don't walk
As long as i can have you here with me
I'd much rather be
Forever in blue jeans
Honey's sweet
But it ain't nothin' next to baby's treat
And if you pardon me i'd like to say
We'll do ok
Forever in blue jeans

Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight,
By the fire all alone,you and I
Nothing around
But the sound of my heart
And your sighs

Money talks
But it can't sing and dance
And it can't walk
As long as i can have you here with me
I'd much rather be
Forever in blue jeans, babe
and Honey's sweet
But it ain't nothin' next to baby's treat
And if you pardon me
I'd like to say
We do ok
Forever in blue jeans

Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight,
By the fire all alone,you and I
Nothing around
But the sound of my heart
And your sighs

And money talks
But it don't sing and dance
And it don't walk
Long as I can have you here with me
I'd much rather be
Forever in blue jeans
And if you pardon me
I'd like to say
We do okay
forever in blue jeans, babe

As long as I can have you here with me
I'd much rather be
Forever in blue jeans, babe

Where it began
I can't begin to knowin'
But than I know it's growing strong

Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who'd believe you'd come along?

Hands, touchin' hands
Reaching out
Touching me
Touching you

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe it never would

But now I
Look at the night
And it don't seem so lonely
We fill it up with only two
And when I hurt
Hurtin' runs off my shoulder
How can I hurt when holding you

Warm, touchin' warm
Reachin' out
Touchin' me
Touchin' you

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seem so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
Oh, no, no

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Sweet Caroline
To believe they never could
Sweet Caroline

You don't bring me flowers
You don't sing me love songs
You hardly talk to me anymore
When you come through the door
At the end of the day

I remember when
You couldn't wait to love me
Used to hate to leave me
Now after lovin' me late at night
When it's good for you babe
And you're feeling alright
Well you just roll over
And you turn out the light
And you don't bring me flowers anymore

It used to be so natural
To talk about forever
But 'used to be's' don't count anymore
They just lay on the floor
'Til we sweep them away

And baby, I remember
All the things you taught me
I learned how to laugh
And I learned how to cry
Well I learned how to love
Even learned how to lie
So you'd think I could learn
How to tell you goodbye
'Cause you don't bring me flowers anymore

Song sung blue
Everybody knows one
Song sung blue
Every garden grows one

Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when you take the blues and make a song
You sing them out again
Sing them out again

Song sung blue
Weeping like a willow
Song sung blue
Sleeping on my pillow

Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, start to feeling good
You simply got no choice

[break]

Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when you take the blues and make a song
You sing them out again

Song sung blue
Everybody knows one
Song sung blue
Every garden grows one

Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, start to feeling good

I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else but not for me
Paper houses made to stand with paper nails
That's all I thought that love could ever be

What's the use in trying
All you get is pain
When I needed sunshine
I got rain

Then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in your mind
I'm in love
And I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her if I tried
Not if I tried

Thought that love
Was more or less a givin' thing
Seems the more I gave the less I got
Like a flower that grows,
Love's like a living thing
Living things don't like to be forgot
Love was out to get me
That's the way it seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams

Then I saw her face
I'm a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer
I'm a believer
I'm in love
I'm a believer
I'm in love
Yeah I'm a believer

I'm a man of God
Though I never learned to pray
Walked the pathways of the heart
Found him there along the way

And I am, yes I am, I'm a man of faith
And faith is something you can't see
But if we want to make it through
Faith is how it's got to be

I'm thanking you Lord for giving me song
For making me strong
And for taking my hand
I'll go up to heaven when I reach the end
But up until then
Gonna do what I can

And I can, yes I can be a man of peace
Plant it like a tiny seed
It grows a little when you give
And gives you back when you're in need
Lyrics
No I am, yes I am, I'm a man of song
Gonna sing it far and near
Gonna make a joyful sound
One that every heart can hear

Singing for Him is like touching the sky
I don't need to know why
I just know that it is

Each time I sing out I want to rejoice
Cause when I hear my voice
I believe that it's His

And I am, yes I am, I'm a man of hope.
I haven't stopped believin' yet
And while we're headin' down that road
Hope is what we can't forget

And I am yes I am, I'm a man of God
Know I am, yes I am, I'm a man, I'm a man of faith
I'm a man, yes I am, I'm a man, I'm a man of peace
And I am, yes, I am, I'm a man, I'm a man of song

I'm a man of God
Man of God

If you're thinking that my life
Is a hoot and a holler
From the start of the day
To the dark of the night
And that its ringin' like a bell
That you only want to follow
Gotta trust me when I say
I'm just trying to get it right

Still I think about myself
As a lucky old dreamer
If you're askin' me to tell
Is it worth what I paid
You gonna hear me say

Hell yeah it is
And I say it loud
I loved it all
And I'm not too proud
I freed my soul...just let it fly
Hell yeah this crazy life around me
LyricsIt confuses and confounds me
But it's all the life I've got until I die
Hell yeah it is

If you're asking for my time
Isn't much left to give you
Been around a good long while
So I gotta say it fast
Time is all we'll ever need
But it's gotta have a meaning
You be careful how it's spent
Cause it isn't going to last

I hear you wondering out loud
Are you ever gonna make it?
Will you ever work it out?
Will you ever take a chance
And just believe you can?

Hell yeah you will
You're gonna be okay
And you might get lost
But then you'll find a way
Don't go alone
Can't be afraid
Hell yeah
This life is here and it's made for livin'
And love's a gift that's made for givin'
You give it all away and have it still
And Hell yeah you will

I've been living in a bowl
With a lot of people staring
With my feet on shaky ground
And my head up in the sky
But it's where I want to be
It's a life that's made for caring
Got a song to pass the day
And a girl to share the night

So if they ask you when I'm gone
Was it everything he wanted?
When he had to travel on
Did he know he'd be missed?
You can tell them this

Hell yeah he did!
He saw it all
He walked the line
Never had to crawl
He cried a bit
But not for long
Hell yeah
He found the life that he was after
Filled it up with love and laughter
Finally got it right
And made it fit
Hell yeah he did!
Hell yeah he did!
Hell yeah he did!

CRACKLIN’ ROSIE

AAAH….CRACKLIN’ ROSIE GET ON BOARD
WE’RE GONNA RIDE ‘TIL THERE AINT NO MORE TO GO
TAKING IT SLOW
LORD DON’T YOU KNOW
I'LL HAVE ME A TIME WITH A POOR MAN’S LADY
HITCHIN’ ON A TWILIGHT TRAIN
AINT NOTHING HERE THAT I CARE TO TAKE ALONG
MAYBE A SONG
TO SING WHEN I WANT
NO NEED TO SAY PLEASE TO NO MAN FOR A HAPPY TUNE

OH I LOVE MY ROSIE CHILD
YOU GOT THE WAY TO MAKE ME HAPPY
YOU AND ME WILL GO IN STYLE
CRACKLIN’ ROSE YOU’RE A STORE BOUGHT WOMAN
BUT YOU MAKE ME SING LIKE A GUITAR HUMMIN’
SO HANG ON TO ME GIRL OUR SONG KEEPS RUNNING ON

PLAY IT NOW….PLAY IT NOW
PLAY IT NOW MY BABY

CRACKLIN’ ROSIE MAKE ME A SMILE
GIRL IF IT LASTS FOR AN HOUR
WELL THAT’S ALRIGHT
‘COS WE’VE GOT ALL NIGHT
TO SET THE WORLD RIGHT
FIND US A DREAM THAT DON'T ASK NO QUESTIONS, YEAH

CHORUS

OH I LOVE MY ROSIE CHILD;
YOU GOT THE WAY TO MAKE ME HAPPY
YOU AND ME WE GO IN STYLE
CRACKLIN ROSE YOU'RE A STORE BOUGHT WOMAN
BUT YOU MAKE ME SING LIKE A GUITAR HUMMIN'
SO HANG ON TO ME GIRL OUR SONG KEEPS RUNNING ON
PLAY IT NOW, PLAY IT NOW, PLAY IT NOW MY BABY
CRACKLIN’ ROSIE MAKE ME A SMILE
GIRL IF IT LASTS FOR AN HOUR
WELL THAT’S ALRIGHT
‘COS WE’VE GOT ALL NIGHT
TO SET THE WORLD RIGHT
FIND US A DREAM THAT DON’T ASK NO QUESTIONS-YEAH

BA BA BA BA BA BA BA….ETC

FAR, we've been travelin in FAR
Without a home, But not without a star
Free, only one can be free
We huddle close, and hang on to a dream

On the boats and on the planes, They're coming to America
Never looking back again, They're coming to America

Home...though it seems so far away
And we'll travel in the light today,
in the eye of the storm...in the eye of the storm
Home...to a new and a shiny place
Make our beds and we'll say our grace
Freedoms light burnng warm, freedoms light burning warm

Everywhere around the world, they're coming to America
Every time that flags unfurled, they're coming to America
Got a dream to take them there, they're coming to America
Got a dream they come to share, they're coming to America

4x:
They're coming to America
4x:
Today
My country 'tis of thee (today)
Sweet land of liberty (today)
Of thee I sing (today)
Of thee I sing (today)

Today, today, today, today, today

Hot August night and the leaves hanging down
and the grass on the ground smellin' sweet
Move up the road to the outside of town
and the sound of that good gospel beat
Sits a ragged tent where there ain't no trees
And that gospel group tellin' you and me

It's Love Brother Love say Brother Love's traveling salvation show
Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies and everyone goes
'Cause everyone knows Brother Love's show

Room gets suddenly still and when you'd almost bet
You could hear yourself sweat he walks in
Eyes black as coal and when he lifts his face
Every ear in the place is on him
Startin' soft and slow like a small earthquake
And when he lets go half the valley shakes

It's Love, Brother Love say Brother Loves traveling salvation show
Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies and everyone goes
'Cause everyone knows 'bout Brother Loves show

(Halleluja) Brothers (Halle, halleluja) I say brothers
Now you got yourself two good hands
And when your brother is troubled you've gotta
reach out your hand for him 'cause that's what it's there for
And when your heart is troubled you've gotta reach out
your other hand, reach it out to the Man up there
'Cause that's what He's there for

Take my hand in yours
Walk with me this day
In my heart I know
I will never stray
Halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle

Love Brother Love say Brother Love's traveling salvation show
Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies and everyone goes
I say Love Brother Love say Brother Love's traveling salvation show
Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies and everyone goes

Lady-oh, Lady-oh,
I walked the streets again last night
I saw you in the city light
Like a vision,
Lady-oh

Lady I, Lady I,
I've been waitin' around
Such a long, long time
Believin' I could make you mine
Just wanting you
Lady-oh

But here I am and there you are
Much too far to even hear me
Hurts a lot,
You know it does, it hurts a lot
Oh, Lady-oh,
Am I gonna ever learn
What I never learned, before

LyricsCity lights, city lights
Burn so warm and they burn so bright
But me, I walk the city night
To forget you,
Lady-oh
(saxophone)

But here I am and there you are,
Much too far to even hear me
Hurts a lot, you know it does, it hurts a lot
Hey, Lady-oh,
Am I gonna ever learn
What I never learned before

When the night returns just like a friend
When the evening comes to set me free
When the quiet hours that wait beyond the day
Make peaceful sounds in me

Took a drag from my last cigarette
Took a drink from a glass of old wine
I closed my eyes, and I could make it real
And feel it one more time

Can you hear it, babe
Can you hear it, babe
From another time
From another place
Do you remember it, babe

And the radio played like a carnival tune
As we lay in our bed in the other room
When we gave it away for the sake of a dream
In a penny arcade, if you know what I mean

Here's to the songs we used to sing
And here's to the times we used to know
It's hard to hold them in our arms again
But hard to let them go

Do you hear it, babe
Do you hear it, babe
It was another time
It was another place
Do you remember it, babe

And the radio played like a carnival tune
As we lay in our bed in the other room
When we gave it away for the sake of a dream
In a penny arcade, if you know what I mean

Wearin' my high boots,
Got all my worldlies here in a sack
Looking for something,
Knowing that it ain't here where I'm at
Ain't looking back
I'm comin',
Ride by thumbin',
Get by bummin'
I'm on my way

Friend, have you seen glory road
Say, friend, I got a heavy load,
And I know glory road's waiting for me

Caught me a pick-up
Down from Seattle through to L.A.
Seems like those folks
Go chasin' a new star every day
Ain't gonna stay
In Nevada, through Wyomin',
Colorado I'm on my way
Lyrics
Friend, have you seen glory road
Say, friend, I got a heavy load,
And I know glory road's waiting for me

Met so many others
Wanted to know which way to go
Louisiana, New York City
They wanted the answer
They'd ask of me.
Friend, have you seen glory road?
Say, friend, I got a heavy load
And I know glory road's waiting for me
Rest my load,
Now I know glory road won't set me free

CRACKLIN’ ROSIE

AAAH….CRACKLIN’ ROSIE GET ON BOARD
WE’RE GONNA RIDE ‘TIL THERE AINT NO MORE TO GO
TAKING IT SLOW
LORD DON’T YOU KNOW
I'LL HAVE ME A TIME WITH A POOR MAN’S LADY
HITCHIN’ ON A TWILIGHT TRAIN
AINT NOTHING HERE THAT I CARE TO TAKE ALONG
MAYBE A SONG
TO SING WHEN I WANT
NO NEED TO SAY PLEASE TO NO MAN FOR A HAPPY TUNE

OH I LOVE MY ROSIE CHILD
YOU GOT THE WAY TO MAKE ME HAPPY
YOU AND ME WILL GO IN STYLE
CRACKLIN’ ROSE YOU’RE A STORE BOUGHT WOMAN
BUT YOU MAKE ME SING LIKE A GUITAR HUMMIN’
SO HANG ON TO ME GIRL OUR SONG KEEPS RUNNING ON

PLAY IT NOW….PLAY IT NOW
PLAY IT NOW MY BABY

CRACKLIN’ ROSIE MAKE ME A SMILE
GIRL IF IT LASTS FOR AN HOUR
WELL THAT’S ALRIGHT
‘COS WE’VE GOT ALL NIGHT
TO SET THE WORLD RIGHT
FIND US A DREAM THAT DON'T ASK NO QUESTIONS, YEAH

CHORUS

OH I LOVE MY ROSIE CHILD;
YOU GOT THE WAY TO MAKE ME HAPPY
YOU AND ME WE GO IN STYLE
CRACKLIN ROSE YOU'RE A STORE BOUGHT WOMAN
BUT YOU MAKE ME SING LIKE A GUITAR HUMMIN'
SO HANG ON TO ME GIRL OUR SONG KEEPS RUNNING ON
PLAY IT NOW, PLAY IT NOW, PLAY IT NOW MY BABY
CRACKLIN’ ROSIE MAKE ME A SMILE
GIRL IF IT LASTS FOR AN HOUR
WELL THAT’S ALRIGHT
‘COS WE’VE GOT ALL NIGHT
TO SET THE WORLD RIGHT
FIND US A DREAM THAT DON’T ASK NO QUESTIONS-YEAH

BA BA BA BA BA BA BA….ETC

FAR, we've been travelin in FAR
Without a home, But not without a star
Free, only one can be free
We huddle close, and hang on to a dream

On the boats and on the planes, They're coming to America
Never looking back again, They're coming to America

Home...though it seems so far away
And we'll travel in the light today,
in the eye of the storm...in the eye of the storm
Home...to a new and a shiny place
Make our beds and we'll say our grace
Freedoms light burnng warm, freedoms light burning warm

Everywhere around the world, they're coming to America
Every time that flags unfurled, they're coming to America
Got a dream to take them there, they're coming to America
Got a dream they come to share, they're coming to America

4x:
They're coming to America
4x:
Today
My country 'tis of thee (today)
Sweet land of liberty (today)
Of thee I sing (today)
Of thee I sing (today)

Today, today, today, today, today